Daily News Headline 12/9/16

posted Dec 9, 2016, 8:24 AM by Nancy Berry

In the news this morning, the last of America's first astronauts has
died. John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth on February 20,
1962, has died. The astronaut, former US Senator from Ohio, and 1984
Presidential candidate was also a combat veteran in World War II and the
Korean War. In an address to Congress in 1974, Glenn told America to
'dream beyond the stars.' He was 95 years old.